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Bitchin'.Listen to me. I've been sent from the future, sent to warn you about the impending destruction of the human race. There were so many, we just couldn't ... we were overwhelmed within weeks. Humans now live in scattered clusters, fearful of the raids, desperately clinging to life. We need to stop it. They're gaining power.

Surely, you've seen the signs. They're infecting homes, complacent, waiting for their chance to strike. Soon, their numbers will be unstoppable, and you're allowing, nay, helping their cause. Every week they grow stronger! They added what will be their strongest general, Dragon Quest, to their arsenal quite recently. Yes, surely you see it now: within two months, the DS Lites will become sentient. They'll launch a attack on the Pentagon and all major military bases in the continental United States, removing our defensive capabilities. From then on, it'll be inevitable ... Judgement Day.

From their seat of power in Akihabara, Japan (the new capital of Nitro, their self-proclaimed worldwide empire), they will launch wave after wave of attack on the remaining humans. We're led by the one man who might rally us from defeat ... Reggie, of course. He sent me here, to prevent it, but now I see that it's already too late. February 13th is the day, gentlemen. May Iwata have mercy on your pathetic souls.

- DS Lite: 309,630 132,729 (75.03%)
- Wii: 85,439 264,919 (75.61%)
- PS3: 50,171 18,735 (59.6%)
- Xbox 360: 35,343 31,290 (772.02%)
- PS2: 30,460 7,345 (31.78%)
- PSP: 28,930 5,013 (20.96%)
- GBA SP: 1,896324 (20.61%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,555 303 (24.20%)
- Gamecube: 569 252 (30.69%)
- DS Phat: 167 27 (19.29%)
- GBA: 17 5 (22.73%)
- Xbox: 6 5 (45.45%)

[Source: Media Create]

JoystiqJapanese hardware sales, 4 December - 10 December: Terminator edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bitchin'.Listen to me. I've been sent from the future, sent to warn you about the impending destruction of the human race. There were so many, we just couldn't ... we were overwhelmed within weeks. Humans now live in scattered clusters, fearful of the raids, desperately clinging to life. We need to stop it. They're gaining power.

Surely, you've seen the signs. They're infecting homes, complacent, waiting for their chance to strike. Soon, their numbers will be unstoppable, and you're allowing, nay, helping their cause. Every week they grow stronger! They added what will be their strongest general, Dragon Quest, to their arsenal quite recently. Yes, surely you see it now: within two months, the DS Lites will become sentient. They'll launch a attack on the Pentagon and all major military bases in the continental United States, removing our defensive capabilities. From then on, it'll be inevitable ... Judgement Day.

From their seat of power in Akihabara, Japan (the new capital of Nitro, their self-proclaimed worldwide empire), they will launch wave after wave of attack on the remaining humans. We're led by the one man who might rally us from defeat ... Reggie, of course. He sent me here, to prevent it, but now I see that it's already too late. February 13th is the day, gentlemen. May Iwata have mercy on your pathetic souls.

- DS Lite: 309,630 132,729 (75.03%)
- Wii: 85,439 264,919 (75.61%)
- PS3: 50,171 18,735 (59.6%)
- Xbox 360: 35,343 31,290 (772.02%)
- PS2: 30,460 7,345 (31.78%)
- PSP: 28,930 5,013 (20.96%)
- GBA SP: 1,896 324 (20.61%)
- Game Boy Micro: 1,555 303 (24.20%)
- Gamecube: 569 252 (30.69%)
- DS Phat: 167 27 (19.29%)
- GBA: 17 5 (22.73%)
- Xbox: 6 5 (45.45%)

[Source: Media Create]

JoystiqJapanese hardware sales, 4 December - 10 December: Terminator edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new Sears commercial for the Xbox 360 has a young boy named Connor telling us what he discovered at Sears. Connor hit the mother lode, because he found a 360, Need for Speed, FIFA, and ... Halo and Halo 2. He dreamily looks off-screen as he fondly remembers fragging someone on the Sanctuary, and telling them they just got pwned.

Apparently Connor, his parents, and Sears all laugh in the face of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, because these two games are both rated M. While we don't always agree with the ESRB, we do find it a bit odd that Sears, a major national retailer, didn't do at least 30 seconds worth of research (which we in the business call "looking at the back of the case the game comes in") and realize that Connor is a bit too young to wax nostalgic about Halo in this nationwide spot.

Check out the video after the jump, and someone let Connor know he'll be able to get Gears of War for that 360, as long as he buys it at Sears.

[Thanks, otakucode]

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JoystiqSears Xbox 360 commercial has underage kid loving M-rated games originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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